Frequently Asked Questions

We cover painting and decorating over a large area across Sussex, Surrey, and Kent. In Sussex, we regularly work in East Grinstead, Crawley, Horsham, Haywards Heath, Uckfield, Burgess Hill, and surrounding villages. In Surrey, we cover Oxted, Reigate, Redhill, Dorking, Leatherhead, Ashtead, Banstead, Esher, Tatsfield, Tadworth, Caterham, and Tandridge. In Kent, we work across Sevenoaks, Tunbridge Wells, Edenbridge, and Westerham. For commercial projects, we also travel to Guildford, Croydon, Maidstone, Brighton, and Hastings. If you’re not sure whether we cover your area, just give us a call.

Simply fill in our free quote form, or call us on 07932 848572. We offer free, no-obligation painting quotes and can usually visit within a few days. We provide written quotes with a full specification of the work so you know exactly what’s included.

Yes. Mark Pinchin Painting & Decorating holds full Public Liability Insurance and operates under a Health & Safety policy. We’re happy to provide copies of our insurance documents on request.

We’ve been providing professional painting and decorating services for over 25 years. Mark founded the business and has been steadily growing a team of skilled decorators ever since. We have more than 179 five-star Google reviews from satisfied customers across Sussex, Surrey, and Kent.

Yes — we do both. On the residential side, we handle everything from single rooms to full house repaints, wallpapering, exterior painting, and more. Commercially, we work with businesses, offices, and schools across the region. School and educational painting is a particular specialism.

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Interior painting and decorating
Exterior painting
Wallpapering and wallpaper removal
Coving installation and painting
Wood staining and varnishing
Door and window frame painting
Masonry and render painting
Commercial and office painting
School and educational premises painting
Plastering
Overboarding
Carpentry Repairs

Yes, all quotes are completely free and with no obligation. We visit your property, assess the work required, and provide a written quotation with a clear breakdown of costs and timescales.

Yes though we do not recommend it unless a site visit is not possible. Whilst we are fully familiar with quoting from plans or photos, we can not always assess the full extent of the works as thoroughly as we would be able to on a site visit.

We ask that you move any small or fragile items before we start. For larger furniture, we can help move it away from walls and will always cover it with dust sheets. We take great care to protect your floors, furniture, and fittings throughout the job.

We use high-quality trade paints from leading brands including Dulux Trade and Johnston’s. Both these brands can mix colours from most major colour wheels. We’re happy to work with customer-specified paints and can also advise on the best products for your surfaces.

The truth is paint discolours with time and sunlight. Paint even varies from one batch to the next so getting an exact colour match is never a guarantee. The best thing to do is pick up a colour chart and take it home and pick a colour that you feel best matches.

Yes, we’re happy to quote for your front door, a feature wall, or a single room. We do recommend if you have a very small amount of paint work, try group it together with other works as it can be more economical. We do not work on an hourly rate so if you have work that is a couple of hours it may be smarter to find a handyman.

We have over 179 five-star Google reviews from customers across Sussex, Surrey, and Kent — you can read them on our Google Business Profile. And that is just the reviews on Google. All our work comes with a professional finish and we consider a job done when you’re happy.

Yes we offer plastering services in addition to Painting & Decorating. This makes it faster and smoother for our customers as we can schedule the work to follow and allow correct drying time so that you are not dealing with multiple trades on home projects.

Yes. We frequently encounter repairs, more commonly on exterio projects where a window needs repair or wood rot is crept into a threshold. Sometimes larger projects require new windows or cladding installs. We are completely set up for these kind of projects.